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FeaturesFate of firms taken over by Erinaceous: To fight another day
The companies taken over by 鈥檕ne-stop consultant鈥� Erinaceous, aka the exploding hedgehog, have spent two years struggling to safety. Roxane McMeeken reports live from the front line
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FeaturesRICS recession survey: The sum of all our fears
Well, the surveyors are worried, anyway. After a year of increasing optimism, they now predict more redundancies, less work and greater pressure on margins. So is construction heading for a double-dip recession
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Kapoor鈥檚 Orbit for London 2012
Kingston student asks: Is it sculpture, architecture or sculptecture?
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FeaturesJohn McAslan: Our man in Haiti
John McAslan has a lot on his mind. First, the huge housing design competition he鈥檚 running for the Haitian government. Back at home, meanwhile, his practice is working on a concourse at King鈥檚 Cross and a Crossrail station at Bond Street
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FeaturesBrockholes floating visitor centre: Tread lightly
The designers of a new visitor centre for Brockholes wetland nature reserve plan to float the facilities in the middle of a lake - while ruffling as few feathers as possible
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FeaturesGolf competition: Lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer
What better way to pass a lovely summer鈥檚 day than a few rounds of crazy golf? Okay, there are plenty of better ways, but when you鈥檝e got construction鈥檚 finest to tee off against each other on an adventure-themed golf course, it鈥檚 a whole new ball game
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FeaturesJapanese house by Eastern Design Office: Heaven & earth
This Japanese home-cum-office on the edge of a precipice is designed to resemble a dragon flying over a mountain
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黑洞社区 Intelligence
Public housing and infrastructure are keeping construction鈥檚 nose above water, though the industrial sector鈥檚 40% fall in new orders is a drag
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The tracker: Still sinking slowly
The ONS might have recorded a rise in output, but figures record a continuing gentle decline 鈥�
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FeaturesRCA Show 2010: Architecture
Highlights includes a public kitchen infrastructure in King鈥檚 Cross and a Gothic horror inspired exploration of the contrasting processes of dissection and cultivation of bodily tissues
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FeaturesTerry Farrell's Regent's Place: Regent鈥檚 spark
Sir Terry Farrell鈥檚 Regent鈥檚 Place is the fruition of a vision that should kick-start the regeneration of one of London鈥檚 more grisly thoroughfares. Ike Ijeh reports
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FeaturesInternational costs 2010
Now that the great global roller-coaster seems to be slowing down, where has it left tender prices? Paul Moore of EC Harris looks at how economies around the world have fared 鈥�
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Features101 under 28: They鈥檙e the young generation and they鈥檝e got something to say
101 Under 28: This week, 黑洞社区 launches a project to find out what construction鈥檚 younger generation really think about the industry they鈥檝e chosen to spend their careers in. Roxane McMeeken conducted an initial survey of our sample group, then took three of them to the pub to grill them further ...
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FeaturesInsulation retrofit: Sealing the house
So how do you get a leaky Edwardian building to be so airtight that it can be heated with a single towel rail? Robert Prewett, the architect behind the retrofit, takes us through the project鈥檚 first steps 鈥�
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FeaturesIs it time to leave the Middle East?
You would forgive UK firms for clambering over each other to escape from Dubai at the moment, yet Hopkins and WSP have vowed to keep their offices open. So do they know something other companies don鈥檛?
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FeaturesIan Tyler: Life moves on
It鈥檚 not that Balfour Beatty is taking the recession in its stride exactly, but when the contractor ranked No 1 in the 黑洞社区 Top 150 greets deep government cuts with equanimity, you know it must be doing something right. Emily Wright asks chief executive Ian Tyler what it is
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FeaturesTop 150 Contractors and Housebuilders 2010
After two years of wading through mud and leeches, there are finally some signs that solid ground is in sight.avid Rogers assesses the evidence
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FeaturesCost model: Part L
The upcoming changes to Part L will crank up the low-carbon agenda. The authors consider the costs and their influence on design
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FeaturesUnder floor building services: ground control
An M&E contractor on a south London civic centre project has come up with a neat way of packaging all the services together at floor level. Stephen Kennett gets down to the detail
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FeaturesInternational salary survey 2010: Foreign office
As the UAE continues to struggle, other areas are emerging as career hotspots for workers who want to see the world